Charlie Ban is the Editor-in-Chief of RunWashington, the runner's source for the DC area.
Registering for a marathon is speculation. Runners slap down their entry fees and play the averages, hoping for a good day months away. When a few hundred signed up for the Runners Marathon of Reston, forcing a sellout two months in advance, they bet that the late March race date would keep it out of the reach of winter weather.
No dice.
Susanna Sullivan forgot her watch Sunday morning when she headed to the line for the St. Patrick’s Day 8k.
“I don’t think it changed my approach to the race going in,” she said. “If anything, it made me stay aggressive in the middle of the race. I didn’t have any objective feedback so I probably pushed harder than I usually do in the middle.”
Bits of running news that cover enough to be seen in public, but short enough to keep your interest.
>>The Run! Geek! Run! 8k, formerly run at West Potomac Park, will now become a 5k run at Fairfax Corner. The MCRRC Piece of Cake 10k has added a 5k race.
Voting has closed for the Best of Washington Running 2014. Check out RunWashington’s May/June issue for results!
Feb. 2? Outdoors? Not in the deep south? It seemed like a risk, especially as the week progressed, with a fresh coat of snow and plunging temperatures. On the other hand, unpredictable conditions are part of the sport’s charm, challenge and character.
If you were looking on insight into the New Jersey-hosted Super Bowl XLVIII, you’re in the wrong place. The inaugural First Down 5k managed to luck out with weather and draw a big crowd, fast times and the kind of race that usually comes around months later.
She knew what “a lap” was, so that was a start.
But how far was a lap? George Mason cross country coach Sita Waru-Ewell had some basic terminology to go over with her new walk-on in 2012.
For most of the 1,300 runners gathered in Fairfax on Dec. 31, a four mile race was less a distraction from their New Year’s Eve plans and more an integral part.
Even for people who haven’t run much. Megan Davisson hasn’t been that attentive to her running since injuring herself during the 2012 Marine Corps Marathon. But with her fifth straight Fairfax Four coming up, she went for it anyway.
Congratulations of each of the members of our All-RunWashington High School Cross Country postseason team.
Check back here to see profiles of each of the 10 men and women selected by a panel of coaches from around the region.
If anyone knew what the Footlocker Cross Country Championships were all about, it was Sean McGorty.
In 2011, as a Chantilly High School junior, he earned a trip to San Diego with a sixth place finish in the south regional meet. He had heard all about the race from Ahmed Bile, an Annandale Atom making his second trip. Two of his high school mentors who ran for Chantilly, Brad Siragusa and Eric Post, were Footlocker veterans with plenty of advice. As proud as they all were, nobody was quite as thrilled that he’d be staying at the Hotel del Coranado as his mother. And it wasn’t just because she was proud of her son.
